Cuba strongly rejects US airstrikes on Syria and Iraq
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After the US President adopted the targeting of military sites in Iraq, the Cuban Foreign Minister considered the US attacks on Syria and Iraq "a flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations."
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Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Cuban minister of foreign affairs.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez affirmed his country's rejection of the US air attacks on Syria and Iraq.
The Cuban foreign minister tweeted today, Tuesday, that "Cuba strongly rejects the American airstrikes on Syria and Iraq."
Rodriguez considered these attacks "a flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter."
#Cuba strongly rejects US air raids on Syrian and Iraqi territories, which are a flagrant violation of International Law and the @UN Charter 🇺🇳.
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) June 29, 2021
#Cuba rechaza firmemente los ataques aéreos estadounidenses contra territorios de Siria e Irak, los que constituyen una violación flagrante del derecho internacional y la Carta de las Naciones Unidas 🇺🇳.
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) June 29, 2021
This comes after US President Joe Biden confirmed that he had ordered the targeting of sites in Iraq on Monday night.
"I ordered airstrikes last night, targeting sites used by Iranian-backed militias responsible for the recent attacks on Americans in Iraq," Biden said while encountering outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
